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Candice Molenaar
Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Hamptons MagazineInfluencer Candice Molenaar is reportedly in debt after her husband Brandon Miller‘s death earlier this year.
Candice, 42, recently filed court documents obtained by The New York Times on Friday, December 27, claiming Brandon was $33.6 million in debt when he died in July. According to the former ‘Mama & Tata’ star on social media, she only has $8,000 in a bank account and can’t pay back Brandon’s loans. Candice also claimed that Brandon died without a will.
This summer, news broke that Brandon, a property developer, died by suicide. While Candice initially deactivated her social media after her husband’s death, she claimed in the recent lawsuits that he now owes more than $20 million in unsecured loans to UBS Bank, BMO Bank and American Express.
The Times further reports that Candice also benefited from $15 million worth of Brandon’s life insurance policies and sold their shared home earlier in December. According to the outlet, Candice claimed she had no knowledge of the financial situation prior to his death.
Candice has not publicly discussed the lawsuit with the court Times report that she declined to comment.
Brandon was found unconscious at the couple’s Hamptons estate in New York this summer. He was 43.
“Candice is devastated by the loss of her soulmate, and the lives of her two young daughters are forever affected by the loss of their beloved father,” a family spokesperson said in a statement at the time.
In September, Candice was sued for $195,000 in unpaid rent for their Manhattan apartment. The documents obtained by We weekly claimed that Candice had not paid monthly fees. Her lawyers argue in their newly filed response that Candice should not have been involved because her name was reportedly never on the apartment’s lease.
Candice and Brandon married in 2009 and later welcomed two daughters. Their family life was chronicled on her now defunct blog ‘Mama & Tata’.
“Most days I really look forward to coming home and sitting at the table with my husband and my girls,” Candice said. Mini magazine in 2019. “Followed by some lovely cuddles before bed, with us all professing our love for each other over and over again. Literally, that’s what we do!”
Despite Candice and Brandon’s lavish lifestyle, they wanted their daughters to be “kind, good people.”
“It’s important to me that I raise girls who are kind, good people. Girls who are compassionate, sensitive, respectful, trustworthy, honest and strong,” Candice told the outlet. “I want my girls to know that they can achieve their biggest dreams and to never give up. I want them to feel confident in everything they do and know that they are SO loved and supported every step of the way.
She added, “I already know they will be wonderful, compassionate, good people, but I want them to always be themselves. I want them to be their own unique individuals, strong, independent and fearless when it comes to expressing their opinions.”
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